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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Chris Adams <c_adams1126@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: c_adams1198@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:50:38 +0800 (SGT)
Subject:




GOOD DAY,

I AM MR CHRIS ADAMS A MEMBER OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET AND
PLANNING OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC).
THIS COMMITTEE IS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WITH CONTRACT AWARDS AND APPROVAL WITH OUR POSITIONS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR OUR SELVES THE SUM OF FOURTY FIVE MILLION, UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$45M).

THIS AMOUNT WAS CAREFULLY MANIPULATED BY OVER-INVOICING OF AN OLD CONTRACT.BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED ABOUT YOU WE BELIEVE YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO HELP US IN TRANSFERRING THIS FUND (US$45M) INTO A SAFE ACCOUNT.

IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 20% OF THE REMITTED WHILE WE KEEP 70%, AND 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFF SET EXPENSES AND PAY THE NECESSARY TAXES.. ALL MODALITIES OF THIS TRANSACTION HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE., PLEASE REACH ME FOR MORE INFORMATION.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR CHRIS ADAMS

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